Out From Antartica: OKTOBER 2015

72 HOURS at St PETERSBOURG - POUCHKINE VILLAGE - PETERHOFF-Gulf of FINLAND
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"Travel far enough, you meet yourself.”
- David Mitchell

Back to roots, Happy to be a little home close Lake Baïkal culture,one of my ancestor land - Siberian Princess to East AFrica.

The trip starts with departure formalities to Russia for the visa from EU especially when you perform the steps alone. The list of documents to provide updated is available on the Russian Embassy website in your local country.
A very good overview of the work organization: methodical, fastidious with the deadlines..

Unexpected arrival at St Petersbourg for an exotic stop.
This is not yet the white nights, but the sky is clear with incredible brightness.

Living the location place, crossing the bridge close the stadium.

A view far away

Lucky a lighthouse will guide us :-) We are just front the Imperial Museum and very curious and excited to visit it.

Hermitage Museum left me speechless and you will understand why. It will cost you if you are not Russian citizen 650 RUB including authorisation for pictures

On the 2nd Floor, you will have a focus view of wonderful collections of Russian Culture and palace interiors ... Let's start with this Russian floor.

Very high ceilings with imposing chandeliers with sumptuous and varied details

XXL vases with sublime finishes

Surprising aisles each other with murals or sculptures decorations

Flamboyant tapestries

All the splendor of the tzars for art is deployed

Galleries as gift packages loaded with history

I feel so small among many space and volume

And my eyes are amazed by so much creativity

Chandeliers on foot !!!

Gilding finely worked

A glance outside and the beauty is once again with this splendid and panoramic view

No more vocabularies just by your ticket and come visit Russia.

Pleasant surprises even under your feet, superb mosaic

The must of this museum is to have a holistic view of artistics wonders of the world

and here we are naturally in the Egyptian gallery "well-ordered charity begins by oneself " :-)

A must do

and must see Museum

Steps and a red carpet more impressive than those of Cannes

Door with optical effects and master paintings, just come and see by yourself, many surprises await you.

Time for a Snack

You will find easily front of the Museum, Russian specialities.

Direction St Isaac Church

Easy to fInd with a map left then stratight from Hermitage Museum

Not by carriage but by foot under the rain of the 1st day,

best way to discover the city and identify street for a better orientation.

Cross a park with beautiful buildings on your right

And a beatiful funtain in perspective

Then you will see a sculpture & in your left St Isaac Church,

And behind St Isaac a horseman scuplture

Inside this church you will have a panoramic view of St petersbourg

If you are brave climbing the steps

Breathtaking views of the Trinity Church

Back full foot on land

Direction Mariinski Theatre

Evening walk

with pleasant surprises along the way randomly in the streets

As St Nicholas Naval Cathedral

and dinner at Sadko

http://www.sadko-rst.ru/eng/

Beef Stroganov mushrooms pan-fried potatoes just delicious

Poppy seed cake kind of Red fruit strudel with vanilla ice cream

Located 29 km from St. Petersburg in the Gulf of Finland, Peterhoff, the city and its palaces can be reached by road (subway and bus) or by hydrofoil. .
Meteor based just opposite the Winter Palace (Hermitage) on the Neva
Above the full speed hydrofoil: 60 km / h, the ride takes 30 minutes in excellent comfort. It cost around return depend of the company boat.

Sound to be at Versailles in France

Overflow basins

Atypical and

Original fountains

Gulf view

The coast of the Gulf of Finland

Back to St petersbourg with Hydrofoil

A walk on Nevski Propect Avenue is full of all spots to see

as shops with local crafts

and Siberian cosmetics from wild Siberian nature in Khakassie in the southof Sibeiamy root land.

Matresha one

Fabergé eggs

A memory from Russia, 100% wool scarf from the Manufacture of Pavlov Possad is a Russian manufacture whose quality enabled it to obtain a world fame. Various colours at Platki shop on Nevski prospect.